Mass. Used, Made Less Energy In 2009
Energy consumed by businesses and residents in Massachusetts dropped by 4.7 percent in 2009, following a national trend, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.
Like almost all other states, Massachusetts continued to use more energy than it produced in 2009, which it has done since 1960, according to EIA data.
Energy consumption in 2009 totaled 1.4 quadrillion Btu while the state produced 98.5 trillion Btu of energy. That means the state consumed nearly 1,500 times more energy - which includes gas, oil, coal and other consumption - than it produced.
Energy consumption across the country dropped by 5 percent. Massachusetts accounted for 1.4 percent of total U.S. consumption.
Fossil fuels accounted for 83 percent of all energy consumption across the country, while electric power made up 9 percent and renewable energy made up 8 percent.
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